Overview[]
This page is devoted to terms used by the German military.
Terms[]
Below is a table of terms and their meanings.
Full | Short | English
Equivalent |
Meaning |
---|---|---|---|
Bataillon | Btl | Battalion | |
Befehl | Bef or Bf | Command | |
Begleit | Bg | Support | |
Beobachtung | Beob | Observation | |
Bordkanone | BK | On-board cannon | Used for aircraft guns, but also tank guns. |
Deutsches Modell | DM | German Model | |
Fahrzeug | Fz | Vehicle | |
Feuerleitpanzer Artillerie | FLtPzArt | Fire-control armoured artillery | |
Flugabwehr | Fla | Anti-aircraft | |
Flugabwehrraketenradwagen | FlaRakRad | Anti-Aircraft Rocket Vehicle | Used to denote a wheeled anti-aircraft missile system carrier. |
Flugabwehrraketenträger | FlaRakTrg | Anti-Aircraft Rocket Vehicle | Used to denote an anti-aircraft missile system carrier. |
Führung | Fü | Command | |
Führung/Funk | FüFu | Command/Radio | |
Gewehr | G | Rifle | Used alongside a number for most service rifles in the Bundeswehr. |
Jagdpanzer | JPz | Tank destroyer | |
Kampfpanzer | KPz | Main battle tank | |
Kanone | K | Cannon | |
Kanonenjagdpanzer | KJPz | Tank destroyer | Tank destroyer armed with a cannon. |
lang | lg | Long | |
Leopard | Leop | Leopard | Name for the KPz Leopard, officially shortened to KPz Leop. |
Leichtgeschütz | LG | Recoilless Gun (literally Light Gun) | |
Maschinengewehr | MG | Machine gun | |
Maschinenkanone | MK | Autocannon | |
mit | m | With | |
Panzer | Pz | Tank | General term for armoured vehicles, but also used to dictate that a vehicle is tracked. |
Panzerkanone | PzK | Tank cannon | |
Rakete / Raketen | Rak | Rocket | Used for rockets, missiles, ATGMs, etc. |
Raketenjadgpanzer | RakJPz | Tank destroyer | Tank destroyer armed with an anti-tank guided missile launcher. |
Rheinmetall | Rh | Rheinmetall | |
Schützenpanzer | SPz | Infantry fighting vehicle | |
Träger | Trg | Carrier | Often used to denote weapons carriers, |
Transportpanzer | TPz | Armoured personnel carrier | |
Turm | T | Turret | |
Typ | — | Type | |
Radwagen | Rad | Wheeled vehicle | |
Waffen | Wa | Weapon | |
Waffenträger | WaTrg | Weapons carrier |